 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - 1839 - 956 sider
...unlawful by any statute, is a void contract, though the statute itself doth not mention that it shall IK- so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender; because...prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the 1838. statute." And in the report of the same case in Skinner, 322, the court say, that, " in every... | |
 | John William Smith - 1841 - 744 sider
...thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute, is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts...though there are no prohibitory words in the statute.'" Accord. Ferguson v. Norman, 5 Bing., NC 80 ; see too Gas Light Comp. v. Turner, 6 Bing. NC 324, 5 Ib.... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), William Wetmore Story - 1842 - 668 sider
...thing, which is prohibited, and made unlawful by statute, is a void contract, although the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts...offender ; because a penalty implies a prohibition, although there are no prohibitory words in the statute. In other words, every statute, imposing a penalty,... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery - 1843 - 986 sider
...statute, is a void contract, thougb *the statute itself does not mention that it shall be so, but [*86] only inflicts a penalty on the offender; because a...though there are no prohibitory words in the statute." In Langton v. Hughts, Lovd Ellenborough says, " What is done in contravention of the provisions of... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery - 1846 - 730 sider
...is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute, is a void contract, though the statute itself does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts...though there are no prohibitory words in the statute." They added that, if the Court would interfere, still the bill, as against Chiuery, ought to be dismissed... | |
 | William Paley - 1847 - 732 sider
...thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts...though there are no prohibitory words in the statute.' The same principle is more briefly expressed by Lord Ellenborough in the case of Langton v. Hughes,... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1887 - 562 sider
...void contract, though the statute itself does not mention it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty; because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute. And such is the law as recognized both by the English and American Courts. See 1 Binn., 118, 4 Dall.,... | |
 | Edmund Chisholm-Batten - 1849 - 472 sider
...which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute is a void contract, though the statute itself does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts...though there are no prohibitory words in the statute.' In Langton v. Hughes, Lord Ellenborough says, 'What is done in contravention of the provisions of (f)... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1849 - 686 sider
...thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute, is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts...offender, because a penalty implies a prohibition, although there are no prohibitory words in the statute." (a) But it must be shown that the contract... | |
 | Henry Keyser - 1850 - 384 sider
...thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by statute is a void contract, though the statute does not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts...though there are no prohibitory words in the statute." 0 The principle laid down in this case was recognised and affirmed by the Court of Exchequer in the... | |
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That every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute is a void contract, though the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender, because a penalty... 
